/*
 * Hibiscus is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Hibiscus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Hibiscus; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
 * USA
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Tetete - http://tetete.hu.
 */
package hu.tetete.hibiscus.util;

/**
 * Static util methods to handle {@link Enum}s.
 */
public final class EnumUtil {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the enum values.
     * @param enumClass The enum
     * @return The array of the names of enum values.
     */
    public static String[] getEnumNames(final Class<? extends Enum<?>> enumClass) {
        final Enum<?>[] enumConstants = enumClass.getEnumConstants();
        final String[] results = new String[enumConstants.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < enumConstants.length; i++) {
            results[i] = enumConstants[i].name();
        }
        return results;
    }

    /**
     * Private constructor to avoid the instantiation.
     */
    private EnumUtil() {
        /* NOP */
    }



}
